Glen Brogan ♥s Gamer Girls

I love Glen Brogan’s art. Whether it’s Super Mario Bros, Adventure Time or the monster cereal guys, he is just amazing at capturing the playful, fun side of whatever he is portraying (Check out our interview with Glen to read more about his art). But my favorite pictures of his are always girls. Yes, I run a site called iheartgirls, so it stands to reason that would be the case, but Glen has a special talent for drawing girls.

His girls run the gamut from buxom bombshells to cute girls next door, and he isn’t afraid to get a little cheeky (literally and figuratively). As an artist for iheartgirls to pair with he was, in a word, perfect… Because he hearts girls, and it shows in his art! Since Glen hearts retro gaming as well, he suggested we work together on something that blended both.

I reached out to Jaclyn Swedberg, Katie Pfeffer and Gabby Jeanne, and we set about shooting the pictures that would become Glen’s 8-bit playground. From Super Mario to Super Metroid, Donkey Kong to Q-Bert, Burger Time to Street Fighter, Glen added retro flair to the girls to create something I absolutely adore. Stating that I am extremely excited to share these images with you would be quite an understatement. This was such a fun project for me, and I hope to collaborate with Glen again in the future.

Side note, for all you people out there who might label this as unrealistic… Contrary to popular belief,some girls do actually sit around in their undies playing games. For Christmas a couple of years back, I got an SNES and proceeded to pillage eBay for all the missing carts from my youth: everything from Super Star Wars to The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse (hate those bees). And you can bet that it was a panties-only party at my place! It doesn’t matter that it was just me and the cats, still counts!

This feature was more of a collaboration between me and the artist, Glen. It reflected our mutual love for retro video games. I actually asked Glen if there were any models he would like to work with and these were the models he chose. Besides that, the intention of the photos wasn’t to mislead people into thinking that any of these girls were hardcore gamers. It was just a tribute to something that I personally love (like much of the content on the site). Besides that, like actors, models represent an artist’s vision, and may not share the same opinion as the idea they are representing (I’m sure Covergirl models don’t wear Covergirl, murderers in movies don’t kill people in real life, and the actors in herpes commercials may not necessarily have herpes!).

That being said, it really bothers me when people make the assumption that cute girls don’t game. It’s extremely sexist and the whole aim of my blog is to celebrate women without putting labels on them. Girls can play video games, or not! Nothing wrong with either. I do prefer to shoot models who are into the subject that they are modeling, so I’ll definitely look up the models you mentioned if I have any other gaming-related projects coming up. Thanks for the feedback, Anon!

Ignore him if at all possible. There’s a certain kind of guy who’s in such a rush to show how small he is that he gets upset when pretty girls act interested in the stuff that got him stuffed into lockers in high school.

I like the contrast between the 80s games and the 60s-influenced art style, and it goes without saying that the models look gorgeous. I look forward to seeing more of your work in future.

Thank you Hugo! Really appreciate the compliments and the words of support. I usually try my hardest to avoid listening to negativity, but I am so proud of this collaboration and just hoped it would be loved by all who saw it. It’s a little bit of a bummer to receive criticism for something that is so insignificant. Can’t win ‘em all I guess!

Cherie – I thought your reply to that was very classy. Some people don’t get that yours is a happy site. I hope it didn’t discourage you in any way. The rest of us love you and your work. I’d have to agree with Hugo’s advice – ignore him. Some people just have to try to pick fights, but if they can’t get one they will eventually move on.

Thank you, Zenster. I definitely don’t feel discouraged at all. I love all the positive feedback I receive, and it really helps me to strive to keep the site going. You are so right, ignoring negativity is the best way to deal. You guys are the best! Thank you!

Hi Cherie.
Wow! These are great. So very creative. Thanks for sharing with us. I was not familiar with Glen Brogan, but at your suggestion I checked out his website. (And just to reiterate a previous comment of mine – yes I DO read your comments. =) He has some pretty amazing work.
It’s always nice to see your e-mails in my in-box as they are pretty much guaranteed to put a smile in my day.